nOvaMatic | 06/25/2008 at 12:30 PM | Comments (8)
We'd like to thank everyone for telling
MTV where to stick it. Our
Dopest MC poll has come to a close and the winner is revealed after the bounce. You know you wanna click! The image above represents 4 of the Top 5 but not the "Dopest," according to the
whopping 100-something readers that voted. Who could've possibly beat out
Jay-Z, Common, Lulu Elastic and
Black Thought? There will be cheers, there will be tears. ill Mami, our West Coast Editress, qualifies the win after the bounce. Do you agree?
Beating out such hip hop luminaries as
Jay-Z and such newcomers as
Joel Ortiz, after 15 years in the game, is it really any surprise that
Andre 3000 won our
"Dopest MC" survey? While Dre's emergence on the hip hop scene was more so marked by his part of a pair with
Big Boi and the unique Dirty South production of
Organized Noize, it was his continual reinvention that has made him the
Madonna of the rap game. And unlike Madonna, who seems to have hit a dance music goldmine and milked it for all it may ever be worth, Andre 3000 continues to bend his lyrical style as much as he chooses to bend his fashion sense. Even after being accused of drinking a little too much of
Erykah's Kool-Aid back when he was neon-colored rocking wigs, football padding, and furry boots as part of his onstage ensemble, we now know that this was Dre's way of letting us know that his creative spark was just beginning. Let's all agree that "Skew It On The Bar-B" with
Raekwon from
Aquemini was Andre's first foray into lyrical dopeness. Add to that everything he's ever done since, including some little known gems from others' mixtapes, his magnificent
Love Below album, and the recently released "Skew It" Redux a/k/a/ "
Royal Flush" and now you have no other choice but to give it up to one of rap music's most agreed upon lyrical talents. And the best part: being a rapper is only one of his many talents. Add to his resume clothing designer, instrumentalist, cartoon character, and actor, Andre 3000 is not just the "dopest MC" in the game right now. He's our own hip hop renaissance man.
View the complete results
here.
Tags:
andre 3000, black thought, common, jay-z, lupe fiasco
Comments
@ kimani: Blu is a monsta. Neggas don't be knowin'.
nOvaMaticBlu is coming for them all.
kimani | June 26, 2008 2:57 AM | PermalinkRhyme for rhyme, every track dre gets on he blesses, others may sell more but they cant touch dre's flow and skillz.
stoneyisland | June 25, 2008 4:03 PM | PermalinkYESS!! A3000 is no punk... I said her from the city so her got to witty, witty She said him from the country so him got to be funky, funky
Seven Soji | June 25, 2008 3:12 PM | PermalinkClearly, someone needs to dig in the archives.
Anyhow, yea I'm a tad upset about BT not winning. But I can't be completely mad at this choice. The people have spoken. Nothing against Dre.
Vivrant Thang | June 25, 2008 2:17 PM | PermalinkWhy wasn't lil wayne even a choice?
Nikko | June 25, 2008 1:34 PM | Permalinkcan't be mad.
DJStylus | June 25, 2008 1:20 PM | PermalinkI'm glad Lil Wayne didn't win.
khalid | June 25, 2008 1:12 PM | Permalink